The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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Hello and welcome to this fifth talk on the third Jana as part of this Samadhi series.

And sometimes I've thought that the third Jana

is my favorite of the Janhas,

maybe because it certainly has a degree of... Sometimes I've thought that the third Jana is my favorite of the Janhas,

maybe because it certainly has a degree of,

wonderful degree of peace,

but it also has kind of very satisfying, comforting, or deep feeling of well-being. That's part of it, that seems to fill the whole body.

And so, but one of the, so I want to read again, the ancient description of the third

Jana as part of completing this week.

With a fading of joy,

a practitioner abides equanimous, aware,

and with clear recognition and experiences the happiness of the body.

The practitioner enters and abides in the third genre, of which the noble once

declare equanimous and aware when abides in happiness.

The practitioner pervades,

pervades, saturates, permeates this body with happiness

that is freed of joy

so that no part of the body is not touched by the happiness.

So one of the characteristics of this third John is equanimity, and that's a form of peace.

There's something peaceful about not reacting, about not being caught and being for and against or preferences, partly because there's no reason for it, but partly

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